Spring 2002   

ESL 5W: Advanced Composition – 4 units - Course Section Number 1594-381
Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00pm to 9:50pm Room 304  Final  Exam: tba 3pm to 5pm

Professor Anthony Butera, Email: anthonybutera@earthlink.net ; buteraa@arc.losrios.cc.ca.us 
   Telephone 568-3100 ext 12158

Prerequisites – satisfactory completion of ESL 2W, preferably with a grade of A or B; ESL 63W, with a least a C; or, for non-prior ARC students, a valid Counselor Verification Form.
   


Index in Brief

Textbooks   Objectives   Helpful Study Links    Schedule of Study 

   Textbooks and Supplies

1. Guidelines: A Cross-Cultural Reading/Writing Text, 2^nd edition, by Ruth Spack
2. Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide, 2^nd edition, by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange
3. A three ring-binder with dividers

4. An English-Language Dictionary

5. Pen and/or sharp pencil. 

Objectives

        Critically analyze and respond to sophisticated reading selections.
Write clear, well-developed essays both in and out of class on topics developed from readings  
 Use a variety of rhetorical modes such as comparison/contrast, cause and effect, definition, analysis, and persuasion  
 Paraphrase, quote, and summarize readings and integrate outside sources into writing  
 Use library reference skills, including a variety of reference works, in the   preparation of a fully documented research paper  
 Revise and edit writing effectively .
 Demonstrate competence in reading and writing at a college level.
 PASS THE FINAL EXAM (you must pass the holistically graded final to pass the class.

Attendance: College students are expected to attend all sessions of their courses. You may be dropped from the courses if you have more than 3 unexcused absences. Please notify Mr. Butera if you are dropping the course voluntarily. There will be some graded activity or immediate preparation for every class. Thus, your grade will necessarily drop if you are absent and you fail to keep up with the course work.

Absent: If you absent or late, it is up to you to find out from your classmates what assignments or activities that were done in class or will due for the following class. You can always refer to the class website as an additional resource.

Make-ups: Each student will be allowed to make up only two (2) graded activities. There will be no make-ups allowed for the mid-term or final (except for extreme hardship cases).

Grading: FAILING THE FINAL BRINGS FAILURE IN THE COURSE. However, 80% of the letter grade for those who pass the final depends on out-of-class essays and research papers.
Cheating: Anyone caught cheating on an examination (this includes helping another to cheat) will fail. Anyone caught cheating on the course final will not pass the course. There will be no appeal to this policy.  
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COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

 Write a minimum of 8, 500 words.

Journal Writing – 45 pages (minimum) during the semester (if you save all your activity papers, this will not be a problem.

 Speed Writing – if needed (based on assigned topics and readings)

 In-class essays (practice for the final examination)

 Out-of-class essays (multiple-draft)

 Revisions (both in class and at home)

 Editing

 Research Paper – five to ten pages, double-space, typed, 10 to 12 point

 Group work – brainstorming; peer revision; peer editing

 Grammar exercises to be done outside of class may be required for those with special needs. This is a writing course. Everyone will write extensively. NOTE:  HOLISTICALLY SCORED EXAM YOU MUST PASS THE FINAL EXAM TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE COURSE. If you do not pass the final exam, which is an in-class two-hour essay based on an assigned reading, you will not pass the class. Your essay will be scored by a minimum of two readers. The scores they give you will determine if you pass the class. Thus, you must be able to analyze a reading and interpret a question based on it. You will have the reading in advance of the final, but the question will be given to you at the beginning of the final. You will have only two hours to plan and write your essay. ESSAYS WILL BE COLLECTED IMMEDIATELY AT THE END OF TWO HOURS. No one will be allowed extra time. You will have to work very hard in this class. You may well be doing more writing than you have ever done in hour life. You cannot expect to pass this course, if you do not attend regularly and complete all assignment all the time.
Since the final exam will be read by at least two readers, mush of what your write will be read by our classmates. I may not make comments of all draft of all your writing. Your classmates will give you feed back on much of your writing I expect to write more than you have ever written in any other class. You must also learn to plan and execute an essay in a limited time. 

ESL 5W, Section 1594-381 (Butera)  

Helpful Study Links

  Tentative Schedule of Study 

 

 

Final Exam 3:00pm to 5:00pm Room TBA

________ Grades can be viewed through zipmail. http://zip.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us/

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Email: anthonybutera@earthlink.net; buteraa@arc.losrios.cc.ca.us 

 

 

 

 

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